tooth
IPA: tˈuθ
noun
- A hard, calcareous structure present in the mouth of many vertebrate animals, generally used for biting and chewing food.
- A sharp projection on the blade of a saw or similar implement.
- A projection on the edge of a gear that meshes with similar projections on adjacent gears, or on the circumference of a cog that engages with a chain.
- Of a rope, the stickiness when in contact with another rope as in a knot.
- (zoology) A projection or point in other parts of the body resembling the tooth of a vertebrate animal.
- (botany) A pointed projection from the margin of a leaf.
- (animation) The rough surface of some kinds of cel or other films that allows better adhesion of artwork.
- (figurative) Liking, fondness (compare toothsome).
- (algebraic geometry) An irreducible component of a comb that intersects the handle in exactly one point, that point being distinct from the unique point of intersection for any other tooth of the comb.
- A surname.
verb
- To provide or furnish with teeth.
- To indent; to jag.
- To lock into each other, like gear wheels.
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Examples of "tooth" in Sentences
- The edges are irregularly toothed.
- The base of the leaf is not toothed.
- The leaves are toothed toward the tips.
- The margin of the leaves is finely toothed.
- Both the tooth and the abscess are macroscopic
- The instrument was rotated to loosen the tooth.
- At the front of the central body is a toothed mouth.
- The dental pulp is the tissue which forms the dentin portion of the tooth.
- Below the neck, holding the tooth into the bone, is the root of the tooth.
- The tooth bud itself is the group of cells at the end of the dental lamina.
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